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RE: Annual Football Series that Should Happen
(04-17-2017 02:27 PM)Steve1981 Wrote: (04-17-2017 01:51 PM)Carolina_Low_Country Wrote: Here are a few series that I think should happen every year in college football that currently do not happen (this is just for fun so do not worry about conference games and number of games, etc). If there are any more games that you think should happen every year post them
1) Tulane vs. LSU (Thanksgiving, Super Dome / Baton Rouge)
2) NC State vs. East Carolina (Thanksgiving Home/Home)
3) Marshall vs. West Virginia (Home/Home)
4) Pitt vs. West Virginia
5) Texas vs. Texas A&M (Thanksgiving)
6) Arkansas State vs. Arkansas (Labor Day Weekend in Little Rock)
7) Cincinnati vs. Louisville
8) Memphis vs. Ole Miss
9) Florida vs. Miami
10) Maryland vs. Navy
11) Temple vs. Penn State
12) Temple vs. Rutgers
13) Boston College vs. UConn
14) Miami (OH) vs. Cincinnati
15) Notre Dame vs. Michigan
16) Illinois vs. NIU
17) UTEP vs. New Mexico
18) UTEP vs. NM State
19) NM State vs. New Mexico (Thanksgiving)
20) BYU vs. Utah State
21) Utah State vs. Utah
22) Utah vs. BYU (Thanksgiving)
23) Houston vs. Rice (Thanksgiving)
24) Eastern Washington @ Washington St. (Labor Day Weekend)
25) UAB vs. Alabama (week before Thanksgiving, gives Alabama a defacto home game in Birmingham every other year)
26) Southern Miss vs. Ole Miss
27) Southern Miss vs. Mississippi State
28) WKU vs. Kentucky
29) Memphis vs. Tennessee
30) Eastern Michigan @ Michigan (First Home Game for Michigan)
31) Kansas vs. Missouri (Thanksgiving)
32) UConn vs UMass
33) Boston College vs UMass
Like #13 these have started up again where it's a round robin where UConn plays Boston College and the following year UMass. Some years you will see both as our 2018 schedule. http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa-18/2018-...hedule.php
While this looks like a self-serving post by a UMass fan, it makes perfectly good sense on a lot of levels for these three schools to play an annual round robin. They represent 100% of the FBS schools in the entire New England region. They should eventually produce the biggest annual attendance for all of them (excluding the occasional home game against Notre Dame).
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RE: Annual Football Series that Should Happen
This thread is the best argument against mega conferences I have seen.
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Annual Football Series that Should Happen
Little known fact: Vanderbilt vs Texas was a rivalry waaay back
This would be a great revival rivalry seeing as both teams are playing at the same level
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Annual Football Series that Should Happen
(04-17-2017 09:43 PM)lew240z Wrote: This thread is the best argument against mega conferences I have seen.
Indeed...
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RE: Annual Football Series that Should Happen
Maryland vs Virginia
Maryland vs NC State
UNC vs. South Carolina (neutral site)
Colorado vs Colorado State (can be neutral or home/home)
Oregon vs Purdue
Auburn vs Georgia Tech
Tennessee vs Virginia Tech
Georgia vs Clemson
Southern Miss vs Troy
Troy vs Middle Tennessee
Navy vs SDSU
Troy vs 'Bama
South Alabama vs Auburn
Troy vs Auburn
South Alabama vs 'Bama
Georgia vs Georgia Southern
Georgia Tech vs Georgia State
Texas A&M vs Texas Tech
Texas A&M vs Baylor
Southern Miss vs. Memphis
Southern Miss vs. East Carolina
Middle Tennessee vs Vandy
Wake Forest vs Vandy
Troy vs Jax State (when JSU goes FBS)
LSU vs LaTech
East Carolina vs App State
Wake Forest vs App State
Charlotte vs App State
Duke vs App State
Baylor vs Wake Forest (both have Southern Baptist backgrounds)
SMU vs Duke (both have Methodist backgrounds)
Virginia Tech vs ODU
Virginia vs ODU
East Carolina vs ODU
Liberty vs ODU
Liberty vs Wake Forest
Liberty vs Baylor
Notre Dame vs BYU
Central Michigan vs Michigan State
Central Michigan vs Michigan
Ohio State vs Cincinnati
Ohio State vs Ohio
Ohio State vs Toledo
North Texas vs Houston
Arizona vs New Mexico
South Carolina vs Southern California
UCF vs Miami
USF vs Miami
Miami vs Florida
UNLV vs Arizona State
UNLV vs UCLA
Duke vs Stanford
Vandy vs Georgia Tech
Kentucky vs NC State
Wake Forest vs Cal
Nebraska vs Oklahoma
Florida/Florida State vs UCF/USF
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RE: Annual Football Series that Should Happen
(04-17-2017 03:46 PM)Stugray2 Wrote: Five stand out
1 Texas vs Texas A&M
2 Nebraska vs Oklahoma
3 West Virginia vs. Pitt
4 Kansas vs Missouri
5 Pitt vs Penn State
I agree Notre Dame should play a B1G East opponent annually (Michigan, Michigan State mostly, but also Ohio State or Penn State now and again), but it doesn't really matter which, so long as it is one of them.
Don't care much about P5 vs G5 rivalries. Not going to worry about those, they are done. Just a couple stragglers left, and only one, Navy vs Notre Dame, has solid economic value.
Why? I didn't miss the Big Ten being off ND's schedule completely in 2015. It did not diminish anything in my world.
Why should ND play a Big Ten East team annually? Geography?
The Big Ten always dictated that those games should be in early September or not at all.
The hell with them.
P.S. So, the posters here think that annual ND games against Michigan, Alabama and BYU should be mandated. That would clog up the schedule with Southern Cal, Stanford and Navy on tap every year along with 5 ACC games.
Seems to be a lot of interest in ND games in this thread.
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RE: Annual Football Series that Should Happen
(04-18-2017 07:33 AM)TerryD Wrote: (04-17-2017 03:46 PM)Stugray2 Wrote: Five stand out
1 Texas vs Texas A&M
2 Nebraska vs Oklahoma
3 West Virginia vs. Pitt
4 Kansas vs Missouri
5 Pitt vs Penn State
I agree Notre Dame should play a B1G East opponent annually (Michigan, Michigan State mostly, but also Ohio State or Penn State now and again), but it doesn't really matter which, so long as it is one of them.
Don't care much about P5 vs G5 rivalries. Not going to worry about those, they are done. Just a couple stragglers left, and only one, Navy vs Notre Dame, has solid economic value.
Why? I didn't miss the Big Ten being off ND's schedule completely in 2015. It did not diminish anything in my world.
Why should ND play a Big Ten East team annually? Geography?
The Big Ten always dictated that those games should be in early September or not at all.
The hell with them.
P.S. So, the posters here think that annual ND games against Michigan, Alabama and BYU should be mandated. That would clog up the schedule with Southern Cal, Stanford and Navy on tap every year along with 5 ACC games.
Seems to be a lot of interest in ND games in this thread.
Charlotte vs Appalachian, Liberty and Georgia St.
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RE: Annual Football Series that Should Happen
There is nothing in it for most P5 programs to play little G5 programs in their state.
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RE: Annual Football Series that Should Happen
(04-17-2017 07:26 PM)Love and Honor Wrote: (04-17-2017 02:57 PM)CliftonAve Wrote: #14 happens. It is the second longest series in the FBS. Unfortunately nobody cares
We'll see who cares when the cats leave Oxford on the wrong side of the scoreboard this September. The decade-plus joyride against Miami is over.
Miami-Marshall used to a great rivalry when then they were in the MAC, but it went dead for a while. We had a home-and-home during our winless season and the one following, we're starting one up again this fall. Wouldn't mind seeing it relatively often, although with one of four OOC games taken by UC and one with a buy game, it doesn't give us much maneuvering room for scheduling other teams.
What I mean by "caring" is that we are talking about a series that has been played every year since 1888, yet if you talk to a non-alum of either school who lives outside of southwest Ohio they wouldn't even know the two schools have ever played one another. It doesn't help that whenever the game is played in Oxford, it is relegated to ESPN 3.
As for this coming season, it would be nice for you guys to finally win this game after 12 years. The series is getting stale as hell. Tuberville tried the best he could to take UC football to the early 90s, but luckily the university has moved on and the train is back in motion.
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RE: Annual Football Series that Should Happen
(04-17-2017 07:45 PM)billybobby777 Wrote: (04-17-2017 06:41 PM)_C2_ Wrote: 25 And 30 never happen, regularly anyways. Some shouldn't even be up there.
Hahahaha....UAB and Bamer is a heck of a football rivalry game! They've played at least once I think...
nope not once
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RE: Annual Football Series that Should Happen
Texas v. Texas A&M
Penn State v. Pitt
Kansas v. Missouri
Pitt v. West Virginia
West Virginia v. Marshall
Virginia Tech v. West Virginia
Memphis v. Arkansas State
Memphis v. Ole Miss
Oklahoma v. Nebraska
Stanford v. San Jose State
Florida v. Miami
Troy v. Auburn
UAB v. Alabama
Vandy v. Middle Tennessee State
Arkansas v. Arkansas State
Ohio State v. Cincinnati
Notre Dame v. Purdue
Notre Dame v. Indiana
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RE: Annual Football Series that Should Happen
(04-17-2017 02:27 PM)Steve1981 Wrote: (04-17-2017 01:51 PM)Carolina_Low_Country Wrote: Here are a few series that I think should happen every year in college football that currently do not happen (this is just for fun so do not worry about conference games and number of games, etc). If there are any more games that you think should happen every year post them
1) Tulane vs. LSU (Thanksgiving, Super Dome / Baton Rouge)
2) NC State vs. East Carolina (Thanksgiving Home/Home)
3) Marshall vs. West Virginia (Home/Home)
4) Pitt vs. West Virginia
5) Texas vs. Texas A&M (Thanksgiving)
6) Arkansas State vs. Arkansas (Labor Day Weekend in Little Rock)
7) Cincinnati vs. Louisville
8) Memphis vs. Ole Miss
9) Florida vs. Miami
10) Maryland vs. Navy
11) Temple vs. Penn State
12) Temple vs. Rutgers
13) Boston College vs. UConn
14) Miami (OH) vs. Cincinnati
15) Notre Dame vs. Michigan
16) Illinois vs. NIU
17) UTEP vs. New Mexico
18) UTEP vs. NM State
19) NM State vs. New Mexico (Thanksgiving)
20) BYU vs. Utah State
21) Utah State vs. Utah
22) Utah vs. BYU (Thanksgiving)
23) Houston vs. Rice (Thanksgiving)
24) Eastern Washington @ Washington St. (Labor Day Weekend)
25) UAB vs. Alabama (week before Thanksgiving, gives Alabama a defacto home game in Birmingham every other year)
26) Southern Miss vs. Ole Miss
27) Southern Miss vs. Mississippi State
28) WKU vs. Kentucky
29) Memphis vs. Tennessee
30) Eastern Michigan @ Michigan (First Home Game for Michigan)
31) Kansas vs. Missouri (Thanksgiving)
32) UConn vs UMass
33) Boston College vs UMass
Like #13 these have started up again where it's a round robin where UConn plays Boston College and the following year UMass. Some years you will see both as our 2018 schedule. http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa-18/2018-...hedule.php
Rutgers vs UConn in football
Cuse v UConn in football
I like this, but what really need to happen is for both UMass and UConn to start an annual basketball game again. Like back when we were both in the yankee conference. ( IK this is a football related thread)
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RE: Annual Football Series that Should Happen
Just noticed something. UCONN fans have been adding to the list for "UCONN vs some northeast school" as a couple replies. No one else picks up on it. That tells us something, but not sure what...
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RE: Annual Football Series that Should Happen
(04-18-2017 02:09 PM)GreenHornet33 Wrote: (04-17-2017 07:45 PM)billybobby777 Wrote: (04-17-2017 06:41 PM)_C2_ Wrote: 25 And 30 never happen, regularly anyways. Some shouldn't even be up there.
Hahahaha....UAB and Bamer is a heck of a football rivalry game! They've played at least once I think...
nope not once
It was Auburn that played them in 1996. 29-0 Auburn.
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RE: Annual Football Series that Should Happen
(04-18-2017 02:25 PM)miko33 Wrote: Just noticed something. UCONN fans have been adding to the list for "UCONN vs some northeast school" as a couple replies. No one else picks up on it. That tells us something, but not sure what...
Uconn vs Boston Creampuff.
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RE: Annual Football Series that Should Happen
(04-18-2017 02:44 PM)JRsec Wrote: (04-18-2017 02:09 PM)GreenHornet33 Wrote: (04-17-2017 07:45 PM)billybobby777 Wrote: (04-17-2017 06:41 PM)_C2_ Wrote: 25 And 30 never happen, regularly anyways. Some shouldn't even be up there.
Hahahaha....UAB and Bamer is a heck of a football rivalry game! They've played at least once I think...
nope not once
It was Auburn that played them in 1996. 29-0 Auburn.
Well that settles it... add UCONN vs Auburn to the list.
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RE: Annual Football Series that Should Happen
(04-18-2017 02:44 PM)JRsec Wrote: (04-18-2017 02:09 PM)GreenHornet33 Wrote: (04-17-2017 07:45 PM)billybobby777 Wrote: (04-17-2017 06:41 PM)_C2_ Wrote: 25 And 30 never happen, regularly anyways. Some shouldn't even be up there.
Hahahaha....UAB and Bamer is a heck of a football rivalry game! They've played at least once I think...
nope not once
It was Auburn that played them in 1996. 29-0 Auburn.
I was at that one. I think it was our first Div. 1-A game. There was an article on al.com a few months ago about talks between the schools for another game. Who knows what will come of that, though.
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RE: Annual Football Series that Should Happen
(04-17-2017 02:55 PM)HeartOfDixie Wrote: There are some really stupid ones on that list.
Which ones? Most of them make sense to me. The only questionables / have no idea if there's any history are...
16) Illinois vs. NIU
24) Eastern Washington @ Washington St.
25) UAB vs. Alabama
30) Eastern Michigan @ Michigan
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RE: Annual Football Series that Should Happen
(04-18-2017 02:25 PM)miko33 Wrote: Just noticed something. UCONN fans have been adding to the list for "UCONN vs some northeast school" as a couple replies. No one else picks up on it. That tells us something, but not sure what...
There was literally one UConn fan that posted on this thread before me.
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RE: Annual Football Series that Should Happen
(04-17-2017 07:34 PM)msm96wolf Wrote: In football, I have to disagree that Duke vs UNC is the bigger game. Wake vs Duke makes more sense. I think ECU vs ASU could become a great rivalry game. Still, it seems ECU would want to have an AAC rivalry game on that weekend. Who is ECU's AAC arch rival? I would say UCF but it seems like USF/UCF would play that weekend.
ECU doesn't have a true conference rival IMHO. We were mostly all left behind's / Eastern independent or "newish FBS programs" (USF/UCF).
I agree with you on App State. I honestly believe ECU and App should play every season. We've played App State more times than anybody other current FBS team.
http://www.winsipedia.com/east-carolina
App - 41 games (12-19 App, mostly at FCS level)
USM - 39 games (12-27 USM, they're just REALLY had our number for some reason)
NCSU - 29 games (13-16 NCSU)
^^^ These 3 games need to be on a every other or 3rd year rotation probably. Everybody else is a warm body IMHO. I've never felt a real "rivalry" with UCF, it only exists online. I don't know a single UCF grad.
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